The new missile bots seem to be very effective, but appear to have trouble getting the launcher stable and properly aligned. In one case the RedEye got right up next to the Blizzard without being fired at, though it got vaporised as soon as it moved away a bit.

I'll make a new thread for ARL stuff so this one doesn't get too derailed. On a somewhat related note, the navigation system on my automated racing bot works surprisingly well in the bigger ACL maps without any difficult corners.

I've had a bit of a play with that and run a couple of 1v1 matches. It works, but it doesn't seem to have enough damage output to match the single turret bots. With higher output turrets or a laser for close range targets it should be very effective.

One thing I noticed was that a lot of the bots have their turrets at the same height, so they are prone to getting disarmed without taking much other damage, especially when the bots get close.

Yeah, the single-cannon turrets really don't have enough punch, although in the 1v1's I did it was always around 50/50 on win or lose. I consider FireBug to be more of a test-bed for the targetting and aiming systems anyway, and in that I consider it a success.

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That could be one of the most effective combat bots so far. The armour con tank a lot of damage and the redundancy in the turret helps it stay in the game. The only problem I found with it was that it had a bit of trouble with getting stuck on the small steps where ramp pieces don't fit together properly on corners.

Yeah, I'm really happy with it. I really didn't think that the third cannon would make so much difference compared to RockSlide (although the larger chassis helps a bit with stability and such as well) in terms of effectiveness.

And for my next trick:

Building on the relative success of FireBug, my as-yet unnamed triple-turreted beast (no partcount yet either, hopefully it fits within the rules [edit: Only just! 75 parts]) is awakening!

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I might have a go at putting a basic collision avoidance system on a quadrotor later, seeing the recent pickup in interest in ACL. Hopefully I can get away with parking directly above the target and raining fire (or grenades) down on it without any real need for aim or a movable turret.